#A09BB7#A09BB7

#A09BB7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.041 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09BB7
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(251, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 7.46, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 15.71, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0163 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.041 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7640, 34.3350, 49.5864)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09BB7 #B2B79B

analogous

#9BA4B7 #A09BB7 #AE9BB7

triadic

#A09BB7 #B7A09B #9BB7A0

tetradic

#A09BB7 #B79BA4 #B2B79B #9BB7AE

square

#A09BB7 #B79BA4 #B2B79B #9BB7AE

split-complementary

#A09BB7 #B7AE9B #A4B79B

monochromatic

#615A7D #7E779D #A09BB7 #C2BFD1 #E4E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A09BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A09BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09BB7

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09BB7	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.041 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb8cc',
    500: '#a09bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09bb7;
$custom-light: #bcb8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70303,
    "c": 0.04081,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09BB7

secondary

#DADBD2

accent

#9B4B8C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09BB7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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